3. Juni 2024
Within the Colloquium “Arbeitskreis für Jüdische Geschichte des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit,” Michael Schlachter will speak about “Neue Aspekte zu Geschichte der Juden in Köln in der zweiten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts” at Trier University, 18:15 CET. For a Zoom link, please register with cluse@uni-trier.de or muellerj@uni-trier.de.
Watch David Shyovitz speak about “Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Ashkenaz” at the The Renee and Alexander Bohm Memorial Lecture.
Watch Jonathan Decter’s talk about “Ranking Religions in Medieval Jewish Thought,” held 13 September 2023 at Boston College.
Watch Elisheva Baumgarten’s talk “Contending with Domestic Crises: Jewish Marriages in the Late Middle Ages” at Fordham University.
11.06.24, 18.00 CET
Within the Colloquium on Medieval History at the Erfurt University, Sophia Schmitt will speak about “Feuer, Recht und Glaube: Normative Ordnungen und die Praxis der Brandbekämpfung in jüdischen und christlichen Nachbarschaften des Mittelalters” at Erfurt University (Lehrgebäude 4 (-C18-) Raum E01) and on Zoom. To join, please register with julia.seeberger@uni-erfurt.de.
13. Mai 2024
Within the Colloquium “Arbeitskreis für Jüdische Geschichte des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit,” Marie Buňatová will speak about “Die Migration der Juden zwischen Prag, Polen und Italien im 16. Jahrhundert” at Trier University, 18:15 CET. For a Zoom link, please register with cluse@uni-trier.de or muellerj@uni-trier.de.
29 April 2024
Within the Colloquium “Arbeitskreis für Jüdische Geschichte des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit,” Florian Datz will speak about „Böser Wucher“: Politische Funktionalisierung literarischer Wuchertopoi in Nürnberg vor 1499 at Trier University, 18:15 CET. For a Zoom link, please register with cluse@uni-trier.de or muellerj@uni-trier.de.
April 25, 2024, 12:30 – 2:30 PM (Eastern Time)
Use the QR code in the poster to register (in-person or Zoom)
How did the transfer of Cairo Geniza fragments from Egypt to Western institutions impact our understanding of the Jewish practice of geniza, of storing away unused documents? What does the Cairo Geniza discovery story reveal about Eastern and Western attitudes toward Jewish heritage materials? And how did the subsequent treatment of geniza fragments by libraries and museums obfuscate their chain of custody and perpetuate myths about this storied repository?
Watch this talk about “Contracts as Weapons: Notarial Power and Jewish Agency in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon” by Sarah Ifft Decker.
